Wild West show we did for the City of Colton in southern California. 7th Cavalry E Troop Living history reenactment group and my dear friends. I am really dark because we just finished filming "Son of the Morningstar." I wore only a breechcloth for the entire month of filming on the Crow Reservation. My horse is not "gun broke" and pretty spooked by the shots so notice this Indian is riding him English style! LOL!
Right about the saddle.
I liked this video, reminds me of my youth and the shows I was in. Also, I like the costume - often the indian scout is overdressed, even cermimonial dress! Here you appear as a work-a-day scout (though I'm not sure about the revolver, a luxury a scout might not have). Was wondering about the lioncloth (I wear them so would like to know) - looks tough but soft, is that medium weight linen washed a lot? Is it hemmed or allowed to fray?
thz124 3 years ago
The breechcloth is made of huck toweling. All my loincloths are made of that material. The ends are never hemmed. 15 inch wide huck toweling comes with sides already hemmed. Look at historic photos of Apache scouts and you'll see they frequently had nickel-plated Navy Colt-45 revolvers.
snakefl 3 years ago
Thats an old US Cav saddle not english. Deffinatly built for the horse not the rider. It is a sad story.
215jami 4 years ago
Good observation. It is a 1904 McClellan saddle. The inventor oughta be shot. It is definitely made for the comfort of the horse; Not the rider. I'm "uniquely qualified" to know. However I am riding the horse with english commands instead of western commands. lol.
snakefl 4 years ago